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Al⋅ca⋅traz

[al-kuh-traz]
–noun
a small island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: site of a U.S. penitentiary 1933–63.
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Al·ca·traz   (āl'kə-trāz')   
A rocky island of western California in San Francisco Bay. It was a military prison from 1859 to 1933 and a federal prison until 1963. It is now a tourist attraction. The island has long been known as "the Rock."
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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